A.J. Hawk
A.J. Hawk
Aaron James "A. J." Hawkis an American football linebacker who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers fifth overall in the 2006 NFL Draft and he would later win Super Bowl XLV with the team over the Pittsburgh Steelers. He played college football at Ohio State, where he earned All-American honors twice and won the Lombardi Award as a senior. A.J. also runs his own podcast called The HawkCast...
behind coaches country hit knew physical playing tackle
I told all of the coaches here that we had two of the most physical safeties in the country playing behind me. I knew if I didn't make the tackle they were probably going to hit me on their way to make the tackle. So I had to get there first before them.
defensive gives great momentum next score
It's special. As a defensive guy, you don't get to score touchdowns very often. It's a great way to go out. It gives us great momentum going into next week.
anytime feels
Anytime you get the quarterback, it feels good.
balls completed needed
They completed a lot of balls. But when we needed to make plays, we did.
attainable goal main national season ten win year
Each year we go into the season and our main goal is to win the Big Ten championship and the national championship. We feel like that's an attainable goal every year.
coaches mean players won
(Even) if I'd have won every award, it doesn't mean anything to these coaches (and) these players in the league.
bowl charlie coach everybody five four giving talked upset weeks
Everybody talked about giving Charlie Weis four weeks to prepare. That kind of upset me. What about giving coach Tress four weeks to prepare? He's four out of five in bowl games.
affect defense people physical
That's what we do every game: affect the quarterback and just be a physical defense - a defense that people like to watch.
bowl delay game instead mainly ready work
Once your bowl game is over this is what you work for. That's why I want to come here and compete. I don't want to delay it any longer. I'm ready to get back to doing some football-type things instead of working on mainly these drills.
defensive ends four guess guys justify obviously running rush spot taking three
Obviously we're not big defensive ends who are going to get 15 to 18 sacks a year. We're not going to be a running back who's going to rush for 1,500 yards. It's a spot where there's three or four of them on the field. I guess you can justify not taking guys too high.
fans plenty root
I'd be happy. I think you should root for your brother. We have plenty of fans for our team.
known longer rooting
She's rooting for her brother. She better. She's known him a lot longer than me.
moving want gone
Its all gone pretty fast. I dont want to move on, but I know I have to.
team mean responsibility
You want to come in and prove yourself early. Obviously, it is a responsibility being drafted that high to come in and play well and to make an impact. If not, youre going to get cut. So you have to come in, make the team, have an impact and do something special. And I feel that, obviously, internally. I feel an obligation to myself to do that but obviously the organization, the fans, this community. I mean, they dont want to see a first-round draft pick be a bust, so I feel I have to come in and hopefully make an impact early.